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Congressman Moakley Papers Documents

The following digitized content includes documents documenting Congressman Moakley's early life, his World War II service, his work in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and in Congress.

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Report of the Office of Legal Protection of the Archbishopric of San Salvador on the investigations into the Jesuit murders, 13 December 1989

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Report of the Office of Legal Protection of the Archbishopric of San Salvador on the investigations into the Jesuit murders, including autopsy reports, 15 December 1989

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Letter to John Joseph Moakley from Matthew F. McHugh, 19 December 1989

Matthew F. McHugh

Includes attached list of recommended questions that could be used in the letters to the Administration and the Government of El Salvador regarding the Jesuit murder investigation.
Dear Colleague letter from Congressman John Joseph Moakley asking for support of the Moakley-DeConcini Bill (H.R. 45).

John Joseph Moakley

The legislation, introduced by Congressmen John Joseph Moakley and Dennis DeConcini, recommended a temporary stay of detention and deportation for Salvadoran and Nicaraguan refugees pending a GAO review of conditions in those countries.
Letter from Congressman John Joseph Moakley to Alfredo Cristiani, President of El Salvador, regarding the creation of a congressional task force to investigate the Jesuit murders and other human rights matters, 13 December 1989

John Joseph Moakley
Letter signed by John Joseph Moakley and other members of the House of Representatives to Dante B. Fascell, Chairman, Committee of Foreign Affairs, regarding their opinions on future U.S. aid to El Salvador, May 1989

John Joseph Moakley
Transcript of a speech John Joseph Moakley delivered at the Old Cambridge Baptist Church regarding violence against civilians in El Salvador and the Moakley-DeConcini bill that would help protect Salvadoran refugees in the United States, 12 February 1989

John Joseph Moakley
Transcript of John Joseph Moakley speech regarding Jesuit murders and violence against civilians in El Salvador, November 1989

John Joseph Moakley
Memorandum from Kevin O'Leary to James P. McGovern, "Comments and Suggestions for the El Salvador Task Force," 14 December 1989

Kevin O'Leary
Letter to James A. Baker III, Secretary of State, from Michael Posner, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights regarding the Jesuit murder investigation and concerns about the Salvadoran justice system, 30 November 1989

Michael Posner
Description of the vigil service entitled "Martyrs in a Martyred Land: A Religious Vigil Service to Remember Six Jesuits and Their Two Co-Workers Murdered by the Salvadoran Army," 16 November 1989

Quixote Center
Program of the vigil service "Martyrs in a Martyred Land: A Religious Vigil Service to Remember Six Jesuits and Their Two Co-Workers Murdered by the Salvadoran Army," 16 November 1989

Quixote Center
Excerpt of report on the United Nations' responses and criticisms to human rights violations in South America,1 December 1989

Fred Salvucci
"The Jesuit Murders: A report on the testimony of a witness," a report by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights to The Jesuit Conference, The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, and The Jesuit Secondary Education Association regarding interviews of Lucia Barrera de Cerna and her husband Jorge Cerna. Page 16 of this document is missing, 15 December 1989

Fred Salvucci
"The Jesuit Murders: A report on the testimony of a witness," a report by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights to The Jesuit Conference, The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, and The Jesuit Secondary Education Association regarding interviews of Lucia Barrera de Cerna and her husband Jorge Cerna, 15 December 1989

William Twomey
United Nations Security Council report on Resolution 637, 27 July 1989

United Nations. Security Council and Javier de Cuelllar

Report was faxed to Sophie Hayford from Nancy Carter on 8 February 1990 and includes remarks by Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar after his meeting with Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani on 31 January 1990.
Congressional Record article, "El Salvador No Longer a Country, but a Battlefield," 14 November 1989

United States. Congress
Congressional Record article, "Salvador Killings Rise Despite U.S. Plea," 16 March 1989

United States. Congress
Information sheets on the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project that provide project summaries, funding, facts, newspaper clipping and map, January 1989

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador trip briefing materials binder, 1989-1990

United States. Congress. House. Speaker's Task Force on El Salvador.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) memorandum regarding progress of Jesuit murder investigation, 13 December 1989

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Memorandum regarding British involvement in investigation of Jesuit murders and reaction to the questioning of the witness to the murders, 23 December 1989

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Memorandum to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director from Cincinnati division's Special Agent in Charge regarding request for Bureau to review materials related to El Salvador, 13 December 1989

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Request to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) laboratory from the Washington Metropolitan Field Office's Special Agent in Charge to analyze spent shell casing from scene of Jesuit murders, including documentation of chain of custody for casing, 1 December 1989

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chronology of judicial developments in the Jesuit murder case, 1989-1990

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